matb Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Had an unfortunate meet with an ugly curb while traveling round a nice sweeping corner on the way home from work, curb has accepted full responsibillity but left me in a pickle. i bent the lower threaded tube on my BC at the weld point, bent the stub axel and think the lower arm is a lil out of shape. left hand wheel is sittin in about 10-15mm. what im wanting to know is...... :axle has a 85mm bolt spacing which i think is the same as a AE86 please correct me if im wrong, so i should be able to cut the bottom of a strut and use??? is there much variation in stub angle between yota struts? : the lower arm measures roughly 305mm from center of pivot point to center of ball joint. Any ideas on compatible arms. if anyone has a busted AE86 BC with a straight lower case hit me up. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanfels Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 I think you can buy just that threaded tube cant you? Also its possible the stub axle of the ae86 will be different to your struts so you may need to change both Have a look through this chart http://www.toycrazy.net/index1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matb Posted April 26, 2010 Author Share Posted April 26, 2010 you can just buy the tube @ $120.... will most prob just buy new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 What the fuck is an RA55?? Dosent show up on the Toyota database. Pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matb Posted April 26, 2010 Author Share Posted April 26, 2010 ill take a couple pics tomoro and through them up....... had hepas of trouble with toyota trying to get parts cause they have no parts records on there system, they were imports, only a few came in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 What the fuck is an RA55??Dosent show up on the Toyota database. Pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 FYI, I have a dash cluster for one at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matb Posted April 26, 2010 Author Share Posted April 26, 2010 no lower arms or strut haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Nah, sorry man. Kept the diff for a while but that was about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Cheers mate, learn something every day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin' joe Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 does the RA have vented front struts or solid?? i have a few bits left from a TA57, same body, different engine. would only do strut casings (with hubs/brakes etc) as a pair, as a well as any other bits you need, as having singles are a waste of space in my shed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AE25 Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 mark aka 'mrtoymonsta' on garagedori recently bought one of these celica-camry (from member 'RA55') to rip the gearbox... is a RA55 GT. 18rgeu, w55 and F series IRS rear. disks all round but non vented. irs diff looks identical to the ta63/tt142 GT-T. almost like its a mix of ra63 running gear in an ma45 chassis. http://www.garagedori.com/showthread.php?tid=6386 looks like he's now on-sold the shell to LLR-ae70. could be worth asking for parts. http://www.garagedori.com/showthread.php?tid=6462 there are variations in the strut. these type i believe are closer in proportion to a ma45 celicaXX strut. ie the stub axle is larger and same as a ga61/ga71/ma61/mz11 size stub and hub/bearings, but yet still has the ae86 85mm bolt spacing. youll have plenty of bolt on vented disk options if you have this strut but in solid disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matb Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 haha i already raped that car for parts. the struts are now on a ae70 so missed out on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matb Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 what would be a good break set up to run, currents were shit anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Operation Credible Sport involved a prototype cargo plane fitted with forward facing rockets designed to slow the plane down very quickly for landing on short runways Could look into a similar setup mounted on the roof. Alternatively, MX73 brake / strut conversions seem to be a common upgrade. Don't know what is involved in fitting them though, but I do have some if you want them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matb Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 sounds like a go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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